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Fist Halloween movie for today is, "The Cabin in the Woods." -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 13:44 6
- I have several new movies to check out including: Never Let Go, Alien Romulus, Hold Your Breath, Azrael, The Radley's, Salem's Lot, Speak no Evil, - sycor Oct 14, 14:09
- Spoils: I'll go along with Archives -- (pic) - JD Oct 14, 14:02 [Attachment]
- So great -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 13:57
- I see you Krusty -- (edited) - oblique Oct 14, 13:55 1
  - 😎 -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 14:01
- Solid. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 14, 13:55
Lets go teams with names that end in ankees and ets -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 13:42 1
- This! -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 13:44
now *this* is a bullpen game -- nm - mr mooch Oct 14, 13:40
WB marketers should astroturf a "It's Jokin' Time!" viral social media meme -- nm - mr mooch Oct 14, 13:30
I never, ever, ever, *never* say this, but for tonight only: Go Buffalo Bills! - prayformojo Oct 14, 13:18 2
- I hate to be rooting for the Jets tonight but a shutout of the Bills would be superb for me :) -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 13:31
- 🖕🏼 -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 13:20
ASRock: We heard that you wanted lots of USB-C ports on your PC build -- (link) - JD Oct 14, 13:03 1
- awesome -- nm - budice Oct 14, 13:20
ST Poll: How much do you agree with this? The electorate for the presidential election is set and now it's just about turnout. -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 13:02 28
- when i did poll work, i met a surprising number of people who were doing their research while in line. - colin Oct 14, 14:08
- I want to say I mostly agree, but I always wonder about really uninformed voters. I feel like there are more even at this point than we realize. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 13:52 2
  - I also like to imagine a large number of wives still deciding whether to do what their husbands tell them to do. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 13:57
  - Only about 40% of voters know that the stock market is up this year. The S&P is up 23%! -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:54
- I agree with Mandy. Trump won, not because he persuaded many to choose him instead, but because he spoke terms that resonated with, got them to vote -- nm - landbeck Oct 14, 13:36 4
  - Amanda agrees that DJT won the 2020 election? -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 13:36 3
    - and he won in 2016 because of James Comey. Full stop. -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 13:37 2
      - Yes for 2016. And he lost 2020. /IF/ he wins this time, because folks voted for him that usually don’t vote. -- nm* - landbeck Oct 14, 13:38 1
        
        and yes I also agree, he gained traction because he spoke to Americans deep racism and biases. - Jovian Oct 14, 13:40
- 8/10. There is a tremendous amount of inertia related to party. Lots of people who will never vote D or R either from historical or single issue - oblique Oct 14, 13:29 2
  - It's anecdotal but sometimes it's worth the reminder - I was a Republican until Trump - Fuzzy Oct 14, 13:44 1
    - I voted mostly Republican most of my voting life but flipped between Clinton/Bush/Obama and am now solidly D since him -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 13:52
- I think there is a lot of truth to that, but I also think there are people who haven't decided who they will vote for (if they vote) - ty97 Oct 14, 13:13
- I think "undecided " are just lying or enjoy the attention of campaign doorknockers. Nobody can not have an opinion about him -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 13:09 9
  - There was an "undecided" caller on Stern a couple weeks ago. - Fuzzy Oct 14, 13:27 7
    - You vote in private, you don't have to tell anyone how you voted. -- nm - . Oct 14, 13:44 1
      - People are not smart -- nm - Fuzzy Oct 14, 13:46
    - Vote for Harris and lie to your friends. -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 13:37
    - aka the weak. -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 13:35 1
      - and that. Exactly. -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 13:36
    - This undecided's family & friends, in a South African accent ripped straight out of Lethal Weapon 2: "But she's black." -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 13:35 1
      - Yeah, but she didn't use to be - so therein lies the main issue, amiright? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 14, 13:46
  - This isn't a binary yes/no vote on Trump though. Perhaps some people have an opinion on him. Perhaps it's not a positive opinion. BUT, what is their - ty97 Oct 14, 13:15
- I think some voters remain oblivious and only start thinking about it a week before election day, but their impact is probably within margin of error. -- nm - Max Oct 14, 13:08
- (5/10 -- i think the electorate is 90% set, but also turnout could be decisive in the swing states where margins are closest) -- nm - mr mooch Oct 14, 13:06
- This has been true for about 30 years in the US, maybe more -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 13:05
- about 100%. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 14, 13:05 1
  - Yup -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 13:05
Columbus Day is stupid. Renaming it to Indigenous Day is better. But it’s still kind of a strange holiday that few actually get. -- nm - Qale Oct 14, 12:36 24
- "How do you celebrate Columbus Day, getting lost in the grocery store looking for spices?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:48 1
  - When I was really young, there was a time that I thought I got a school holiday for my birthday. yup as a third gen Japanese-American -- (edited) - JD Oct 14, 14:05
- Columbus Day should be replaced with another holiday for Italian Americans and Indigenous People should be given a day as well. -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 13:01 1
  - My county traded Columbus day for black Friday and 4 day weekend -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 13:10
- Well, having to work on holidays would be the white protest work ethic working on you and something that is not, well, indigenous to this cotinent. -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 12:55
- what is your opinion on Arbor Day? -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 14, 12:50 2
  - Shut your mustache! -- nm - Qale Oct 14, 15:39
  - Nobody gets that day off from work? -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 12:51
- Its silly imo. It gives the fascist GOP a strong cudgel to smack Democrats over the head with. Every. Single. Year. -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 12:47 14
  - "Do we care? Are we... caring about that?" -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 12:59
  - It is silly things like this that push normal people into the DJT camp. - Jovian Oct 14, 12:50 12
    - Meh. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 14, 13:24 1
      - it just doesn't help. -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 13:41
    - it's normal to celebrate a monstrous human being? - colin Oct 14, 12:56 9
      - 90% of most people dont know that. And more importantly, the majority of those who do, do not care. Especially Italian-Americans. -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 13:07 8
        
        But that's why the holiday is needed, no? -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 13:16 7
        
        No. Not now. Not when we have a fascist that has dominated US politics for the past 8 years. -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 13:18 6
        
        Chose your battles wisely, as they say. This is a self-inflicted wound by Democrats. -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 13:19 5
        
        Bro, what battle? The holiday started in 1992. Anyone who doesn't like it can write their Representatives or get bent, don't you think? -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 13:26 4
        
        Yes yes write their to Rep. Right. Or. Just much easier to just vote for the guy who refuses to call it Indigenous People -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 14, 13:32 3
        
        So you think this holiday which has been around since 92 should be taken away because of how a few MAGA might feel about it? -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 13:45 2
        
        I honestly didnt know it was around that wrong. I just know that Republicans have weaponized it. -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 13:46 1
        
        ceding ground only emboldens bullies, and you of all people should recognize it. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:48
- it's a corporate/bank holiday. gotta keep those white collar workers happy. -- nm - colin Oct 14, 12:45
I did not know that the Oktoberfest tradition started as gigantic wedding reception back in 1810. - Jovian Oct 14, 12:29 1
- Ah, yes. Ludrese. One of the original "it" couples. -- nm - VMan Oct 14, 12:52
On the other side of the bell curve of music related expenses. I think I'm going to see Bishop Briggs play from a 737 based stage this weekend - JD Oct 14, 12:29
25 Songs About Cities Ranked By How Much [the author] Thinks You Should Avoid Visiting That City -- (link) - Dano Oct 14, 12:20 2
- This should have been #1 but it doesn’t fit the rules because the song title is not the name of the city. -- (link) - Dano Oct 14, 12:24 [youtube] 1
  - This one should be #1. -- (link) - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 14, 12:30 [youtube]
I'm reviewing someone's code today and she used the mode for something. Mode! The red-headed trailer park stepchild of the centrality parameters! - Bayronmax Oct 14, 12:15
Hollywood marketing in the 90s was wild y’all -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 14, 11:57
Deadpool & Wolverine: Oscars Hosts? hell yeah -- (link*) - mud Oct 14, 11:54 1
- I was just at the grocers. their $7 pizza's are selling for: buy 1, get 2 free. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 14, 12:01
Bear Wins Fat Bear Week By Defeating Bear That Killed Her Cub By Barry Petchesky - JD Oct 14, 11:54 1
- yeah, Grazer's awesome -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 11:55
LIR: In the pursuit of accuracy on this site I need to point out the average price of vinyl records is just under $30, not "$50 a pop". I can't - zunk takes things literally Oct 14, 11:53 9
- Apologies, got that from a Reddit comment. -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 12:09
- $30 for a vinyl? That's insane to me. - sycor Oct 14, 11:57 7
  - Back in the 60s it was 5-6$ each, sales had 3/$10, everything today is 10x more so $30 for a vinyl is not outrageous -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 13:04
  - Like I said, not a music collector. And I'm sure Funko are insane to a lot of people. So I'm not judging, I just hadn't heard how expensive - sycor Oct 14, 12:12 1
    - In fairness, you can also buy a lot of used records for $5-$10. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 14, 12:13
  - Yeah new records tend to be around $25. Some are a little more. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 14, 12:08
  - on one level, kinda. at the same time, your rando new CD album is still like $16.99 today and hasn't really budged for 30 years -- nm - mr mooch Oct 14, 12:04
  - $45 for a T-shirt, $60-80 for a hoodie. It's all insane on some level ;-) -- nm - JD Oct 14, 12:01 1
    - $316.01 per ticket. That's FH's Christmas present of Oasis at the Rose Bowl next Sept. - JD Oct 14, 12:08
I’m no math whiz but it feels like having eight years of eligibility to play for a four-year institution is getting ridiculous -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 14, 11:52 2
- He kind of earned the medical exemption that has lead to this point in his career. - JD Oct 14, 12:14
- Cam McCormick is on his ninth. His kid starts next year. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 14, 12:09
8888 bikini miles YTD -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 11:50 3
- oh, that seat time is tight! -- nm - Producer Oct 14, 12:27
- 👍👍 -- nm - decline Oct 14, 12:10
- Stunning! - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 14, 12:01
No worries, just a Boston Dynamics robodog patrolling the streets -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 11:46
Really good article in Texas Monthly about undocumented immigrants and the construction industry. -- (link) - mara Oct 14, 11:36 3
- "how are you gonna pay for it?" ("it" being forcibly deporting 10s of millions of workers from the US) is obviously never asked of the other candidate - mr mooch Oct 14, 11:45 2
  - He will take the money from FEMA again obviously. The thing he accuses Biden of. -- nm - Qale Oct 14, 11:51 1
    - he will do whatever he wants to do. - Jovian Oct 14, 12:09
I mean I'll take his vote, but... -- (link) - Reagen Oct 14, 11:09 1
- I don't know why exactly but I feel better about taking Dick Cheney's vote -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 11:12
sometimes the internet is still helpful: I searched “why do the service academies run the option in football?” - Tim’s Ghost Oct 14, 10:49 4
- interesting. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 14, 13:17
- A high school friend played DE for them about 25 years ago. He was the smallest D1 defensive end in college ball; like 6'1, 235. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 11:31
- It's also a highly disciplined form of football, which suits military personnel well. -- nm - David Oct 14, 11:18
- Wow, the Army's chart shows maximum weight for a 6' male shouldn't exceed 210 lbs at any age, 200 for 17-20 year olds. -- nm - Max Oct 14, 11:02
Yosemite ftw -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 14, 10:48 2
- I thought this was going to be about someone getting accolades for going around saying "what's up, Jews?" -- nm - rollo Oct 14, 11:42 1
  - yo! -- (pic) - mud Oct 14, 11:48 [Attachment]
where my fun-with-functions fans at? -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 14, 10:45 [Attachment] 3
- You can't invert that. It's not an injective mapping! -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 14, 10:50 2
  - I knew you would say something like this -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 10:52 1
    - I live to serve. :D -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 14, 11:04
Sydney Sweeney is very good in Reality, a movie I never heard about based on a play I never heard about it based on an event I never heard about.... -- (edited) - prayformojo Oct 14, 10:39 4
- I remember Reality Winner as I could not believe that was her real name. I need to watch Ms. Sweeney -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 10:41 3
  - if/when you see this, let me know. I have a question about the agents' approach -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 10:46 2
    - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 11:00
    - also, I like how the movie handled the (sp) - prayformojo Oct 14, 10:47
35% is our current propane level. we should check again on election day. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 14, 10:35
Silo S2 trailer | Apple -- (link) - mud Oct 14, 10:29 [youtube] 9
- Not going to watch, as I never finished season 1. I need to do that -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 10:44 4
  - Ferguson is aces. the rest of it was pretty meh for me (but i never read the book so have no frame of reference to compare) - mr mooch Oct 14, 11:03 1
    - you're not missing anything the graphic novels are sparse. -- nm - Remlik Oct 14, 12:52
  - It gets a little off-track in the middle but they had some time to fill and it recovers nicely. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 14, 10:51
  - do it -- nm - mud Oct 14, 10:46
- Needs more Rebecca Ferguson -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 10:31 3
  - okay -- (link) - mud Oct 14, 10:34 2
    - I meant Silo, she should do Tim Robbins & Common's parts as well -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 10:35 1
      - and presumably a new love interest -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 10:36
Tim Walz plays dirty politics. (new recipe) -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 10:25 [Attachment] 8
- Molasses? what is this nineteen tickity two? - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 14, 11:18 3
  - I use so much of it making gingerbread cookies. -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 13:04
  - If he has a sarsaparilla recipe I'm all in. -- nm - Max Oct 14, 11:33
  - I'm holding off for a night that I also make Hot Dish -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 11:22
- I am making ice cream sandwiches with ginger snaps and cranberry ice cream for thanksgiving. I *love* ginger snaps. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 14, 10:38 3
  - 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 10:39
  - Where's your store front? -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 10:39 1
    - Right? Does mandy ship to Annandale, VA? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 10:52
Bath and Body Works has a KKK candle -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 10:24 12
- (kandle) -- nm - mr mooch Oct 14, 11:23 2
  - Klandle -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 14, 11:25 1
    - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 11:41
- Is it also $14.88? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 10:42 1
  - Ooof -- nm - Tim’s Ghost Oct 14, 10:55
- It's clearly unintentional but Joe is marketing is going "See! I fucking told you guys!" -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 10:36 1
  - classic Joe in Marketing -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 10:58
- I mean, I kinda see it, but obviously accidental -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 10:27 1
  - Accidental of course, but it’s all I can see. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 14, 10:47
- Looks more like alien heads to me, but to each their own I guess. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 10:27 2
  - Or a fistful of ninja kunai. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 14, 11:01
  - I was going with Zambia fertility masks -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 10:51
Not sure if this is serious or designed to scare people. -- (pic) - Roger More Oct 14, 10:18 [Attachment] 1
- SMILE! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 10:19

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